Photograph by Kathy Ritter
Have you ever looked up one day and realized the season has changed, like the tick of a minute hand on the clock? It was the day when rain took on a slight scent of snow, when midday light didn’t…
Fall Color Guide Map
Hikes 1 Arizona Trail (San Francisco Peaks Passage) DIFFICULTY: Easy ELEVATION: 8,928 to 9,000 feet LENGTH: 15 miles round-trip (to Forest Road 418) DIRECTIONS: From Flagstaff, go north on U.S.…
Photograph by Bob Bradshaw
The touch of Midas is felt throughout the highlands at this time of the year and the Season’s touch has turned much of the green to gold. Is there anything in all of Nature so radiant as an aspen…
Photograph by Bruce D. Taubert
If you were to choose a bug’s life, being a butterfly would definitely be the way to go. For one thing, there’s variety. You start off as a caterpillar — cute and even fuzzy, not creepy and slimy…
Photograph by Claire Curran
I’ve been working with professional photographers for a long time, and in that time I’ve learned that their strengths usually fall somewhere between “creative” and “technical.” Some photographers are…
Photograph by Paul Markow
Nothing against Yuma. But as a burr-grinding, pour-overing coffee snob who sometimes travels with his Chemex carafe and a stash of unbleached filters, I didn’t have especially high hopes for my…
Route 66
Route 66 has long held a place in the hearts of travelers near and far, its legendary status catering to lovers of Americana, nostalgia and the feel of the open road. Now the undeniably…
Agaves line a rocky hill.
The demand for Mexican spirits has been growing exponentially in the United States and abroad. While tequila still dominates the market, one of the most exciting developments has been the celebration…